EVER AND ALWAYS THE TRAILBLAZER Montreal, Tuesday, March 20 - Hail the avant-garde! Endowed with an incredible faculty for invention in line with that of valiant engineers and scientists, the choreographers, playwrights and directors featured in this 12 th edition of the Festival TransAmériques explore new paths full of promise, investing the most unexpected elements with light and beauty. From May 23 to June 7, Montrealers will be able to appreciate and savour the creative flair of artists from a dozen countries in the 25 dance and theatre shows selected by artistic director Martin Faucher, including 9 works co-produced by the FTA, 9 new pieces and 9 North American premières, all of it presented in 17 different venues. With some artists returning to Montreal to enchant festivalgoers, others will be coming to the FTA for the very first time. From the opening show, an exciting discovery awaits Festival audiences with 6 & 9 by Tao Ye, an iconic figure in contemporary dance in China. In the days to follow, artists from other countries will be performing for the first time in Montreal: Greek choreographer and performer Euripides Laskaridis (Titans, an international FTA co-production), the Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee ( Oblivion), the Swedish choreographer Jefta van Dinther (Dark Field Analysis ), the Iranian-French performer Gurshad Shaheman (Pourama pourama ), and the Icelandic artists Valdimar Jóhannsson and Erna Ómarsdóttir, collaborating with the American visual artist Matthew Barney (the film Union of the North). The Brazilian director Rodrigo Portella’s vigorous play (Tom na Fazenda) is an adaptation of the Michel Marc Bouchard masterpiece Tom at the Farm. As for returning artists, many festivalgoers are champing at the bit, eager to renew contact with the spectacular work of director Ivo van Hove and the actors from the Toneelgroep Amsterdam, who will be presenting his new Shakespearean trilogy (Kings of War). Another returnee is the dazzling choreographer Crystal Pite and a new piece with her accomplice Jonathon Young (Betroffenheit, closing performance). Also back are two renowned choreographers on the contemporary international scene, Meg Stuart (Until Our Hearts Stop) and the South African Robyn Orlin (And So You See…), not to mention the Mexican writer and director Gabino Rodríguez (Tijuana) and the remarkable French theatre artist Philippe Quesne. The latter will be arriving in Montreal with seven giant moles and two shows (La nuit des taupes and La parade des taupes, an idiosyncratic stroll through public spaces). As always, Quebec artists have pride of place at the FTA. Pioneering veterans, the choreographers Paul-André Fortier (Solo 70), Benoît Lachambre (Fluid Grounds, co- created with Sophie Corriveau) and Daniel Léveillé (Sadness Quartet), as well as the dynamic theatre artists Evelyne de la Chenelière and Marie Brassard (La vie utile), will present their most recent works. Other Quebec artists will also be featured at FTA 2018: Jean-Sébastien Lourdais (Bleu), J-F Nadeau and Stéfan Boucher (Nos ghettos ), and Anne Thériault (Récital, presented at St. James United Church). The Canadian choreographer of Cree and Ojibwe heritage Lara Kramer will present two new works: the exhibit Phantom Stills & Vibrations and the performance piece Windigo. The Festival also includes Non finito by Système Kangourou and Autour du Lactume by Réjean Ducharme and Martin Faucher. Dance + Theatre 1/6 Under embargo until March 20, 2018 at 5 p.m. From May 23 to June 7 2018 12 th edition of Festival TransAmériques Press relation : Isabelle Longtin Roy & Turner Communications 514 266 3295 [email protected]
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EVER AND ALWAYS THE TRAILBLAZER
Montreal, Tuesday, March 20 - Hail the avant-garde! Endowed with an incredible faculty for invention in line with that of valiant engineers and scientists, the choreographers, playwrights and directors featured in this 12th edition of the Festival TransAmériques explore new paths full of promise, investing the most unexpected elements with light and beauty. From May 23 to June 7, Montrealers will be able to appreciate and savour the creative flair of artists from a dozen countries in the 25 dance and theatre shows selected by artistic director Martin Faucher, including 9 works co-produced by the FTA, 9 new pieces and 9 North American premières, all of it presented in 17 different venues.
With some artists returning to Montreal to enchant festivalgoers, others will be coming to the FTA for the very first time. From the opening show, an exciting discovery awaits Festival audiences with 6 & 9 by Tao Ye, an iconic figure in contemporary dance in China. In the days to follow, artists from other countries will be performing for the first time in Montreal: Greek choreographer and performer Euripides Laskaridis (Titans, an international FTA co-production), the Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee (Oblivion), the Swedish choreographer Jefta van Dinther (Dark Field Analysis), the Iranian-French performer Gurshad Shaheman (Pourama pourama), and the Icelandic artists Valdimar Jóhannsson and Erna Ómarsdóttir, collaborating with the American visual artist Matthew Barney (the film Union of the North). The Brazilian director Rodrigo Portella’s vigorous play (Tom na Fazenda) is an adaptation of the Michel Marc Bouchard masterpiece Tom at the Farm.
As for returning artists, many festivalgoers are champing at the bit, eager to renew contact with the spectacular work of director Ivo van Hove and the actors from the Toneelgroep Amsterdam, who will be presenting his new Shakespearean trilogy (Kings of War). Another returnee is the dazzling choreographer Crystal Pite and a new piece with her accomplice Jonathon Young (Betroffenheit, closing performance). Also back are two renowned choreographers on the contemporary international scene, Meg Stuart (Until Our Hearts Stop) and the South African Robyn Orlin (And So You See…), not to mention the Mexican writer and director Gabino Rodríguez (Tijuana) and the remarkable French theatre artist Philippe Quesne. The latter will be arriving in Montreal with seven giant moles and two shows (La nuit des taupes and La parade des taupes, an idiosyncratic stroll through public spaces).
As always, Quebec artists have pride of place at the FTA. Pioneering veterans, the choreographers Paul-André Fortier (Solo 70), Benoît Lachambre (Fluid Grounds, co-created with Sophie Corriveau) and Daniel Léveillé (Sadness Quartet), as well as the dynamic theatre artists Evelyne de la Chenelière and Marie Brassard (La vie utile), will present their most recent works. Other Quebec artists will also be featured at FTA 2018: Jean-Sébastien Lourdais (Bleu), J-F Nadeau and Stéfan Boucher (Nos ghettos), and Anne Thériault (Récital, presented at St. James United Church). The Canadian choreographer of Cree and Ojibwe heritage Lara Kramer will present two new works: the exhibit Phantom Stills & Vibrations and the performance piece Windigo. The Festival also includes Non finito by Système Kangourou and Autour du Lactume by Réjean Ducharme and Martin Faucher.
6 & 9Tao YeTAO Dance Theater, BeijingMay 23 to 25 Place des Arts - Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Meditative and minimalist, 6 and 9 pay tribute to the potential and perseverance of the human body. Masterpieces of abstract beauty. Entrancing, hypnotic rituals.
CLOSINg SHOW
BetroffenheitCrystal Pite + Jonathon YoungKidd Pivot + Electric Company Theatre, VancouverJune 5 to 7Centre Pierre-Péladeau - Salle Pierre-Mercure
A powerful ode to life. Betroffenheit follows the psychic struggle of a man felled by trauma. A high-voltage descent into the abyss. Presented by Havas
Until Our Hearts StopMeg StuartDamaged Goods, Brussels + BerlinMay 25 + 26Usine C
A belief in magic, or the loss of all illusion? An underground ceremony in a search for intimacy and new forms of contact.
Dark Field AnalysisJefta van DintherStockholm + BerlinMay 25 to 27Théâtre Prospero
Two men meet; they dance, they sing. Men or machines? The choreographer Jefta van Dinther creates a world of shadowy beauty.
Union of the NorthMatthew Barney + Valdimar Jóhannsson + Erna Ómarsdóttir Iceland Dance Company, Reykjavík + New YorkMay 27 to 29Cinémathèque québécoise
Barbarous nuptials in an Icelandic shopping centre. Written by the world-renowned contemporary artist Matthew Barney, this is performative video of disturbing brutality.
BleuJean-Sébastien LourdaisFabrication Danse, MontrealMay 27 to 29
Plunge into the blue of a woman’s eyes. Bleu is an immersion into the states of the body in the form of a quest, a search for pure presence.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériquesCodiffusion La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Sadness Quartet Daniel LéveilléDaniel Léveillé Danse, MontrealMay 30 to June 1Édifice Wilder - Espace danseSalle Rouge
Proud, fragile and luminous dancers. A choreographer in full mastery of his technique and his art presents a work where sadness loses its solemnity.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériquesPresented by Hôtel Monville
RécitalAnne ThériaultLORGANISME, MontrealMay 30 to June 1Le Balcon - Église unie Saint-James
An unlikely Récital for theremins played by three women searching for a lost future. Choreography for transmitting bodies imbued with ambient waves.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques
WindigoLara KramerLara Kramer Danse, MontrealMay 31 to June 2Espace Libre
A northern epic, Windigo resonates like a scream, a vibrant echo of the consequences of the violence perpetrated against Indigenous peoples. A post-apocalyptic ballad that exorcises demons.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques
Solo 70Paul-André Fortier + Étienne LepageFortier Danse-Création, MontrealJune 1 to 3 Édifice Wilder - Espace danseEspace Orange
To dance, to dance again and as before, obstinately. The choreographer Paul-André Fortier, 70 years old, is affected and shaped by a procession of pernicious muses in this unsettling “fake solo”.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques
And So You See… Our Honorable Blue Sky and Ever Enduring Sun... Can Only Be Consumed Slice by Slice…Robyn OrlinCity Theater & Dance Group, JohannesburgJune 2 to 4Théâtre Rouge du Conservatoire
Exuberant, baroque an entertaining, And So You See… is both scathing and enthralling. A jubilant purge, a reinvention of Africa’s relationship with the West.
Kings of WarShakespeare + Ivo van HoveToneelgroep AmsterdamMay 24 to 27Théâtre Denise-Pelletier
Eight years after the sensational Roman Tragedies, Ivo van Hove returns with his incredible theatrical machine to present another Shakespearian trilogy. Truly great art.
Tijuanagabino RodríguezLagartijas tiradas al sol, MexicoMay 24 to 27Espace Libre
A fake moustache, a change of identity. For six months Gabino Rodríguez becomes Santiago Ramirez, a man working in a factory for five dollars a day, seeking a certain truth.
OblivionSarah VanheeBrusselsMay 26 to 28Place des Arts - Cinquième Salle
A crazy, outrageous idea. An ocean of garbage both beautiful and monstrous, Oblivion is a year of waste turned into value. A slow celebration of things unhidden.
Pourama pouramagurshad ShahemanBrussels + MarseilleMay 28 to 31Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui
In three solo pieces accompanied by a meal, Gurshad Shaheman presents an intense coming-of-age story, like a journey through treacherous rapids.
La vie utileEvelyne de la Chenelière + Marie BrassardESPACE GO, MontrealMay 28 to June 1Théâtre ESPACE GO
Past, present, future. A fascinating journey into the heart of memory awakened, a final conversation between the living and the dead. An exploration of how we come to grips with time.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques Codiffusion ESPACE gO
Non finitoSystème KangourouMontrealMay 29 to June 2Théâtre Aux Écuries
How to free oneself from the weight of uncompleted projects? With her accomplice Anne-Marie Guilmaine, Claudine Robillard submits to an onstage ritual of accomplishment.
TitansEuripides LaskaridisOSMOSIS Performing Arts Co, AthensMay 29 to 31 Usine C
Eccentric, iconoclastic and existential, this mythological fable freely mixes different genres. Burlesque, cosmic and poetic, Titans is unclassifiable.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques Presented by Infopresse
Autour du LactumeRéjean Ducharme + Martin FaucherMontrealJune 1 to 4La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines
Martin Faucher and Markita Boies, with childlike seriousness – mocking but unfailingly sincere – offer a declaration of affectionate, radiant love for Réjean Ducharme.
Tom na FazendaMichel Marc Bouchard + Rodrigo PortellaRio de JaneiroJune 1 to 3Maison Théâtre
Theatre of mud and blood that tarnishes and magnifies bodies. A moving illustration of the tragic grandeur of Michel Marc Bouchard’s masterpiece.
Presented by Fugues
Nos ghettosJ-F Nadeau + Stéfan BoucherLa Tourbière, MontrealJune 2 to 6Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’huiSalle Jean-Claude-Germain
An astounding urban walkabout at the corner of Bélanger Street and 2nd Avenue. A blistering attack on the empty talk and pious hopes of living together in harmony.
Co-produced by Festival TransAmériques
La nuit des taupesPhilippe QuesneNanterre-Amandiers - centre dramatique nationalJune 3 to 6Usine C
A cardboard burrow, seven giant moles, a disconcerting microcosm. An improbable journey to the centre of the earth… the leaves the spectator in open-eyed wonder.
FTA PLAYgROUNDS The FTA Playgrounds transform the energy of the performances into food for thought, encouraging a meeting of minds by means of films, in-depth discussions, presentations and debates, not to mention letting loose at parties at the QG! Most Playground activities are free of charge and open to one and all.
Meet the artists After certain performances, the artists willingly engage in meeting with members of the audience for a friendly chat. Lively dialogue is encouraged by a team of moderators from diverse backgrounds.
get-togethers at the Qg To shed light on Kings of War, the director and the Toneelgroep Amsterdam actors will engage in a discussion with Frédéric Maurin, a specialist well versed in Ivo van Hove ‘s theatre. The artistic director of Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers Philippe Quesne looks toward future trends. As a major renovation is about to get underway, how does he see the theatre of tomorrow? Paul-André Fortier is presenting a final opus with the company he founded in 1981 and will chat with two young choreographers, in an ambience of mutual curiosity and a desire for exchange.
Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, an Innu sociologist and professor, analyzes how colonial structures are maintained and their impact on First Nations peoples in Haunted Nation or Canadian Apartheid. The traditions and knowledge of First Peoples have the potential to influence contemporary theatre and dance. What sort of art do Native artists dream of? That question is the stimulus for the discussion First Nations Art: The Contemporary Ancestral, with moderator Émilie Monnet.
Agents and Producers – Forging Strong Links: Agents, producers and company managers will discuss artistic, ethical and financial issues of their professions, raising questions about a changing of the guard and longevity. Decoding the new Quebec Cultural Policy: As a new Quebec cultural policy is about to come into play, the CQT and the RQD dissect its major orientations to better grasp the issues at stake. The Critical Appraisal of FTA 2018 will be a discussion featuring many different voices, with critics and citizens providing lively feedback on Festival presentations.
BOOK LAUNCHES The QG will celebrate the publication of FTA : Nos jours de fête, the first book on the long and rich trajectory of the Festival, as well as the book launch of Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART, by Jacob Wren.
Parties at the Qg + Nuits de Montréal After the shows, festivalgoers inevitably end up at the QG. That means not only the opening and closing parties (a Voyage Funktastique with Walla P and Dr.MaD), but also explosive happenings: FTA + OFFTA sous la pleine lune with the Afro-futurist collective Moonshine, the Total Space Party - Bal des monstres featuring Wants&Needs Danse and the LIP X FTA evening with Frankie Teardrop. Several renowned Montreal DJs will be heating up the dance floor, including Pat The Brat, Bamboo Hermann and Afrotonik. And of course the six Nuits de Montréal spiced up by DJ Rhythm & Hues, a musical vagabond and discerning harvester of sounds from all over the planet.
Films From May 2 to 20, four films echoing the FTA program will be presented at the Cinémathèque québécoise: Under the Skin by Jonathan Glazer, Rhymes for Young ghouls by Jeff Barnaby, Les glaneurs et la glaneuse by Agnès Varda and All That Jazz by Bob Fosse.
Other FTA Playground ActivitiesAlso part of the Playground activities is the 3rd edition of the FTA Clinics, which provide artists with new tools and approaches that help enrich theatre and dance practice. The Master Classes for professional artists from Quebec will be given this year by the Mexican writer and director Gabino Rodríguez and the South African shaman and performer Albert Khoza. The Young Professionals International Rendezvous will bring together 25 young professional artists from a dozen countries for an 11-day seminar, and the Student Outreach program offers activities and excursions that allow adolescents to be actively involved in the Festival.
Discover our Playground activities by visiting:fta.ca/terrains-de-jeu
Quartier général – Welcome one and allAgora Hydro-Québec du Cœur des sciences de l’UQAM175, ave. Président-Kennedy / metro Place-des-Arts
welcomes you
The Quartier général is the Festival hot spot, the place to meet artists and other festivalgoers. Join in the fun. Come and chat, drink, eat and dance!
INFOSMarch 20 to 28, 2018 Exclusive pre-sale of discount packages
Your own discount package, the most advantageous format 4 shows 144 $ * 8 shows 248 $ *12 shows** 333 $ *
* A $25 surcharge will apply if you choose Kings of War in your package selection.** When you purchase a 12-show discount package, you’ll receive an FTA bag, T-shirt and poster.Taxes and service charge included
See more showsAdd one or more shows to your discount package anytime and get 15% off.*
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